Traction-separator.



PATBNTED Nov. 1o. 1903 V. W. CLUGH. TRAGITION SBPAIRATOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2a, 189s. RBNBWED JUNE 2z. 1901.

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iro. 743.453.- Patented November 10,1903.

themen STATES PATENT Oiiricn.

VICTOR W. CLOU'GII., OF GENESEO, ILI'INOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMELITS, TO PHILIP S. IIOUGIITON, TRUSTEE, -OF GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA.

TRAGTIcN-SERARATOR.

SPECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent Nc. 743,453, dated November 10, 1903.' Application tiled August 23, N28. Renewed .Tune 22, 901. Serial No. 66,696. (Ncmodel.)

To all, whom, it may concern,.- slight oscillatory motion exists between the l-.e it known that I, VICTOR W. CLOUGH, a separator and engine, which' tends togive a l citizen ot the United States, residing at Genetightening and loosening eiect to the powerl l seo, in the county of Henry and State of Illibelt from the engine to the thi'eshingcylin i 5 nois, have invented a new and useful Tracder, and to overcome this I have provided an 55 tion-Separator, of which the following is a automatic belt-tightener, which acts on the i j specification. l belt at a point between the twoanachines and Illy invention relates to a machine which I compensates for the oscillating: motion caused. term a tractionseparatcr, in that it comby the jointbetwecn said machines, which dc- 1o hines in a singlestructure a grain separator. vices are particularly advantageous when the 6o or tliresherand a traction-engine which is in threshing or separating machine is in service line with the separator orthresher and is perduring the propulsion of the combined mamanently Joined therewith, s0 that the machine over a rough road or field. chine is in a condition for service at all times It is frequentlynecessary to run the mai L l. and may be used to thrcsh and separate grain chine in a backward direction, and when the 65 y 1 @l while travelingnlongaroad or fromone field separator or thresher is in use I have pro- 'jfl to another. vided a clutch driving mechanism between j A machine such as indicated possesses the threshing-cylinder and its driving-pull ey` many practicidadvaniagcs, which will be ap and which acts to overcome backward rotaf -zo preeiated by thresherrnen, from the fact that tion of the threshing-cylinder on a'traveling 7o it may be fed ii-supplied with grain without motion of the combined machine in a backinterruption from a belt running past or be- .ward direction. This clutch may also be con- I .Y youd the month and feed mechanism ofthe trolled .by an operating-line to throw' the separator; that it may ne run or propelled threshiiig-cylinder into and out of gear.. I 5 over roads and'across iicldsin either a baclihave also provided a novel construction of 7; ward or forward direction without removing the steering-gear by which the combined ma.1 the said belt; that it mayihresh the grain chine maybe controlled and directed to turn while traveling along the road or from one corners or curves without cramping or bind- -A shock to another; that it may be set or moved ing the axles of the separator or the tractioni 1. k3o toa stackwith the-wind to the end that the engine; and the invention further consistsin 8o dangerof iirc is eliminated, because the wind the novel combination of elements and in the b'lows the engine-sparks backward and away construction and arrangement of parts,whicl1 from the grain-stack and the strawstack, and will be hereinafter more fully described and l the employment of a long belt to slip over the claimed. v y G35 pulleys for vant of tension or to blow oi in To enable others to understand the inven 85 the wind is dispensed with., and power is thus tion, I have illustrated a preferred embodi-Y saved by the perfect tension ofthe belt, thus l ment thereof in *he accompanying drawings, making the machine well adapted foruse in forming a part of this specification, and in windy regions as well as all other places. which 4o One serious difficulty encountered in a ma- Figure l is a perspective view of a t-raction- 9o chine combining a separator and traction-enseparator constructed in accordance with my gine exist-s in a rigid connection between the invention. Fig. 2 is a planview illustrating two elements, which does not allow the necthe steering mechanism and the parts assoessai-y play or movement to the parts in passciated therewith.V Figs. 3 and t are enlarged 45 ing over rough roads, and to overcome this views of the automatic belt-tightener. Fig. 95

diliicully Idiave joined the separator and en- 5 is a vertical transverse 'section on the line i gine by substantial devices which maintain 5 5-of Fig. 2. Figs. (i and lare detail views f said elements in line with each other-and proshowing the clutch driving connection beviiles fora pivot-al joint in the connection between the threshing-cylinder and its driving- 5o tween said elements. In this structure a pulley. Fig. S is a side elevation of the comroo LTI bined machine represented as passing over an u neven road-surface, many details of both` the tractiouengine and the separator being omitted. Fig. t) is a plan View of the running-gear of the combined mach-ine and of thesteeringmechanism,thepartslpeingdrawn to a smaller scale titan in the other views.

Like rharactersof reference denote like and ctn-responding parts in each of the figures of the drawings.' Y.

'lhe separator or thresher is designated in its entirety by the nutneral l inthe drawings, and it is constructed or equipped with a threshing-cylinder,agrai n-carrier, and beater ineclianisnt,and a cleaning=shoe similar to devices ordinary in the art for threshing the- ;Jrain, separating the straw fr'o'm the grain, and cli-airing the chaff and refuse from the grain. As no novelty for these mechanisms is claimed in this application, I have not deexnt d it necessary to illustrate said mech.

anis-ms. In my machine, which combines a traction-engine with a separator or thresher ina single structure, the rcar axleof the sepal rator ordinarily provided is omitted; but I employ a front wheeled axle 2, which is arranged below the front end of the separator l and is coupled therewith byaverlical kingbolt 3 to enable said axle 2 to turn in a horizontal platte about tlievertical boltasa center ofoscillation. lar in all substantial respects to structures or- `dinary in the art, and this engine is arranged in line with the separator l fand closely adja cent thereto, so that the engine and the separator may be intimately and permanently coupled together to prodnoeasinglestr'uctnre occupying a relativelysmallarea as compared with the space covered by traction-engines and grain-separators when used in the ordinary manner. This traction v engine is equipped with a main axle 5, 'having the car? ryii|g-\\lt':cls 5, and with a steering-axle 6, which i` pivoted on a vertical'king-bolt 6a.

Oneo the importantfeatures of myinven tion res des in the means by which the traction-e :eine and the.separatororthresher are permanently coupled or united together, and this cn-d is attained by the employment of a substantial frame 7, which is joined solidly to the separator l for the purpose of supporting the rear' end thereof and is pivotally con net-ted to or supported on the traction-engine for the purpose of allowing in the single struct ure a certain amount ofplay or vibration between the traction-engine and the separator tot nable said machine to be transported readily over roads or fields without silb-I 1ieeting the machines to undue strain and racking, because of the length of the com-- bined machine. The employmcntof'this'substantial frame 7 joins the engine and sepa-` rator permanently together, so that said elements are always in line with each other and the structure as an entirety is constantly in a condition fot"iammediatel service, and the The tractimrengiue 4 is simiprovided with a series of two or more transverse sills 15, which are firmly bolted to the longitudinal sills 8 of theeonuecting-frame 7.

The post-s 10 rise from the sills 8 at or near the rear end ol theseparator 1, and the braces 9 are inclined from the sills 8 neat-their forward ends to the-'post 10 near the deck of the separator. The;L iag'onal braces 1l are between tite braces 9* 1d the joittt formed bythe union of the posts 10 with tite sills 8. All these parts are joined firmly together to prod nee a strong and4 compact. construction adapted to sustain the weight of the separator except that portion thereof, which is borne by the wheeled axle 2. The trtissrods 12 are disposed on opposite sides of the complete machine,

and they extend from the front end of the separator' to the inclined braces 9, said trussrods serving 'to firmly bind the longitudinal con necting-frame to the separator. -The longitudinal contiecting'fratne extends along the sides of the separaten-,to which it is connected, and projects beyond the rear cud thereof. This` frame is very rigid, having a wide base of connection with the separator and being vertically strengthened and braced by the inclined and upright bracing members which have already been described. .This longitudinal frame has not only-a broad base of con-- nection with the separator, but its free extending portions are also widely separated and are snit-ably braced and so disposed as to provide forr the transverse horizontal hinge connection with the traction-engine. In the form of my invention herein shown and described the connecting-frame is sutiiciently broad to lie outside of the steering-wheels ot' IIC the tract ionengine,and it extends sufficiently far beyond the end of the separator to permit tite said transverse hinge connection with the engine being disposed between the driving-wheels and the steering-wheels thereon.

To pivotally connect the rear end ofthe longitudinal connecting-f rame to the tractionengine in a substantial manner, I employ a saddle or bracket 13, which -is preferably of arched frm and spans the traetion-engine at apoiut intermediate of the length of its boiler. This saddle rests firmly upon and is securely fastened ina suitable way to the boiler of the traction-engine, and at its lower ends the arched saddle supports the long shaft 14.,

This shaft runs across under the engine and extends outwardly from the engine and sad die, so as to lie across the connecting-frame y 7, and the union'betfweenthe shaft ano the 74eme l-traeti'onfengine to allowa limited vibration driven by the traetioii-engine, eration of threshing and cleaning f he carried on when the machine is traveling '-freni`one'*place to fa grain-stack.'

or oscillation of the separator in relation to the traction-engine. The tractionjengine serves ,to propel theseparator-xvrth 1t when traversiug aroad or field, and tkijscparator niayhave itsworking elements geared to or so that the opgrain may another, as well -as when the combined niachineis at rest adgacent to In my traction-separatorthe wheeled axles 2 and d arjcomieeted peculiarly with the .steering mechanism, so that the machine may 'be-steered -wit'hont--- cramping or binding,r the .pivoted axles.

The ordinary steering-rod of the traction-engine isfindicated at 1G; but-in lien of 'connecting rod engine-axle (Las is ordinary in the art, I provide means by which the. adjustment of the steering-rod is communicated first to the axle 2, and by separate connections the movement of the separator-axle is communicated ,to the engine-axle G, said axles 2 G arranged to move in unison with aview to effect-ing a like sininltaneonsadjnstment of both axles. rlhe steeringrod IG 'is geared to the transverse steeringshatt 1"., joni'nalcd beneath the engine 4, bymeans of the internieshing gears l8,an'd between this transverse steering-shaft .17 and. the' separator-axle 2 are the longitudinal con nectingfgoslf) :20. 'The front ends of these rods';l9 20 are attached loosely in a suitahl'e way'i,to the axle A2 near the ends thereof, and the reanend's of said rods are Vprovided with'ftho cliainspieables 19 20, j which ,are coiled in reverse directions around the steering-shaft l?, so that as theshaft is` rotated in one direction the chain 15J will becoiled on tlieshaft, while the chain 2Oa will vbe..i xiieoiled f rom said shaft to aetnate the rods ifi 20H1 a manner to -turn the a'xle 2 in one direction.

said vaxles and arranged lo turn the axle t inV the sante dircctlon'and simultaneously with the adjustment of thc axle 2. 'lliis arrangedirectly to lthe pivoted.

A reverse rotation of the` steering-shaft 17 serves to nucoil the chain 1U therefrom and .coil the chain 20 thereon,

nient of the shaft and connecting-rods ofthe steering ijiiechanism'provides for the simultaneous adjustment of the two axles 2 6, which are made to nio've in unison forthe purpose of properly steering the machine I around curves or. corners.

The combined machine herein shown and described is of great length 'and' forms ave- 75 hicle which itis ditlieult tomanage without special steering apparatus, and such appara.- tus I have shown and described. By reference to -Figs. 2 and 9 it will be seen that I have provided means for turning the axles of 8o both sets of steering-wheelsin the saine di-A Y rection and also for turning them on diierent arcs or to di-lIerent degrees. Y The 1ongi tudinal connecting-rods l() and 2O are connected with the axle 2 nearer the ends t.here-"85 of than are the connecting-rods 2l and 22. These latter are connected with this'axle rela tively near its pivot, while they areconneeted with the steeringexle 6 of the traction engine relatively near its ends. From this 9o arrangement it follows vthat whenever the steering-shaft 17 is rotated it will turn both of the axles 2 and t3 in the same direction and that the angular extent to which the axle 2 is tiirned will be greater than the angular extent of the turning of the axle G, this being diagraniinatically illustrated in Fig. 9. In this view the axle of the steeiing-\vlieels.of. the traction-engine is represented as being turned to a certain extent relative to the axis of the main drivingor traction wheels and designated by the angle 51;, and the axle 2 of the separator is represented as being turned loc to a greateran'gle, (designated byy.) 'ihisarrangement of Lhe steering devices permits the whole machine., though of unwieldy length, to be readily .steered and turned in a coinparatively small circle, (indicated bythe dotted iines Another advantage besides. that 'of being' able to turn the combined machine within a short space is incident to the arrangement of steering devices and is indicated in Fig. 9i If such a machine vbe placed alongside an object-such as a barn, fence, or hay-stackand which object may be represented by the line w, it is possible to turn the machine as a, whole away from such object'. In this respect.' it differs from vehicles provided with the common forms of short-turning gearingin which two pairs of steering-wheels are connected so as to turn in opposite directions.;

machines the rear portion of the vehicle will move toward Vthe object before the veliicleas' 'awhole movesaway therefronnand it is therefore impracticable with such a gearing 'to place the vehicle close alongside aii-object unless ample space is available for movi'ngf` the vehicle when it isfdesired to leave. Figi TIO usual fly-wheel 323, thcshaftof which is geared! in an ordinary way to the engine to be driventhereby. The threshing-cylindei-.of the separator 1 has its shaft provided with a drivingpulley 24, and the engine y.- wheel and thresher-cylindershaft-pulley are operatively connected together by a `belt 25, which extends lengthwise ofthe combined machine, is

' arranged within the limits of said machine,

chine is propelled alongthe road and theheparator is in service for threshing and cleaning grain the driving-belt 25 between the engine ily-wheel and the pulley of the threshing-cylvinder is liable to be slackened 'and loosened,

according to the vibration or play between the separator and 'the engine. l-lence the driving-belt will not operate' eiliciently to propel the threshing-cylinder contin uously. 'lo overcome this objection, I have provided a belt-tightener mechanism '26, which acts automatically on the driving-belt 25 at a point between the threshingfcylini'ler and the engine ily-wheel. This belt-tightener hasa vertically-movable frame 27, which is equipped with horizontal bearings 28 and with vertical bearings 29. In the horizontal bearings 2S of the tightener-frame is journaled an idle shaft 30, carrying a horizontal pulley 3l, ar

ranged to rest directly upon the upper length of the'driving-belt 25. In the vertical bearings 29 of said tightener-frame are loosely journaled the vertical shafts 32, which carry the guide-pulleys 33, arranged on opposite sides of the belt and to ride against the edges thereof; The tightener-frame is mounted or supported above the driving-belt, so as to have its tightener-pulley 3l rest directly upon the belt'and utilize the gravity of the frame and pulleys tokeep the beltl taut, while the vertical pulleys 33 maintain the belt in alinement'with the driving-pulley of the cylindershaftand the fiy-Wheel of the engine. Saidtight-ener-frameis pivotally attached to arms 34, Whichare hung or pivoted to the separator 1 by suitable devices-such, for example, as a. vertical bar 35, which is attached to the separator-frame-or said arms 34 may be piv'- oted to any suitable supportingmeans;

The combined machine of my invention may be propelledain eithera forward or backward direction by suitable driving mechanism ordinary in the art and combinedwith the main axle 5 of the traction-engine. When the machine travels from one place to another in a backward direction and the separator is to be used for threshing grain while the machine isin motion, I have provided means by which the threshing-cylinderis prevented from rotating in abackwarddirection. This means consists of a driving-clutch 'connection 36 between the pu11ey 24=` and the shaft of its tln'eshing-cylinder. 'Ihisdriving-clutch connection 36 is mounted on the threshing-v cylinder shaft to make the driving-pulley 2i pass through said shaft when it is rotated in one direction and the combined machine is traveling in a forward direction; but when the traction-engine moves backwardly to draw the separator afterit the clutch, 36 automatically frees the driving-pulley 2i on the shaft of the cylinder,so that the cylinder will not be driven in a backward direction.

In Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings I have shown one typeof clutch-driving connection between the cylinder-shaftand the drivingpulley for the threshing-cylinder; butit will be understood that I do not strictly confine myself to this particular' type of driving connection. 'lhe hub 37 of the'drivng-pulley 24 has a series of inclined notches 3S formed therein, and the threshing-cylinder shaft 39 A adapted to be embraced by a collarorsleeve 42, which is fitted loosely'on the shaft to slide thereon, and said collar has an annulargroove to receive the forked endof the lever 43,

which is fulcrumed onthe machine to be oplerated by the engineer. It is evident that one or more operatingcords may be provided for attachment to the lever-and to ext-end along the machine to be graspedand operated by the engineer. Normally the collar is free from the pawl, and the latter is enics gaged with the pulley-hub, so that the latter will rotate the shaft, provided the machine is travelinginaforwarddirection'; butshould the engine be traveling in a rearward direction the pulley will ride over'the pawl, and the threshing-cylinder will thus be thrown automatically out of service. In case the 'engineer desires to arrest the threshing-cylinder when the machine is moving forward it is only necessary to adjustthe collar into engagement with the pawls, thus throwing the threshing-cylinder out of ser-vice.

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- I have also equipped the separator or .Y

thresher with a kpneumaticestacker mechanism 37, which may be disposed oneitherside of theseparator, orit may b e arranged on-the deck thereof. This stacker; as is' usual in the art, swings on vertical and horizontal axes to changetheiposition'of the stacker with relation to the machine and tothe wind, and said stacker-:may also be turned to the rear, so as to discharge the staaw adjacent to the engine, with a view to utilizing the straw as fuel for the tractionen'g.,r ine.4 The windtube37 of the stacker mechanism is connected with thefan box or casing 50,which is disposed in the lower longitudinally-central portion of the separator. By arranging the stacker mechanism as shown-that is to-say: with the wind-'trunk projecting from the side of the machine and between the ends thereof-I am enabled to dispose of the straw Without ntcrferinglwith those who may be feed` ing the separator andwithont de'positingit dangerously near the,traction-enginev In the service of the machine it is run or propelled in either'a backward or forward direction up to the grain-stack, and,it'\neees sary, the machine is leveled by removing the earth under the drive-wheels of the engine. The machine is now in condition for service and the straw is conveyed by the pneu matic stacker at any point in a circle around the' machine. The machine is set with the wind, so as to cause the wind to blow the enginesparks backward and away from the stacks of grain and straw, thus eliminating the danger of fire. In my machine I dispense with the long belt usually employed between the engine and separator when the parts are placed in the ordinary' way with the engine at some distance from the separator. In feeding the thresher or separator the belt 25 docs not interfere in any way with the deposit of the grain on the feed mechanism 38. Theemployment of thebelt-tightenerovercomes any tendency of the belt to slip, prevents the belt from being displaced on the pulleys by the wind, and compensates for the play betweenthe separator and engine in traveling over uneven ground. In the old method othaul- .ing a separator by a traction-engine the machine could notbe transported in a backward direction; but by employing thelongitudinal connecting-frame which couples the separator to the engine, so as to take up the strain lengthwise of the machine, the separator may bepropelled with the engine in either a backward or forward direction, thus enabling the complete 4machine to be propelled through gatesand around buildings. It is not nec'- essary to remove the belt' when the machine is' transported from one place of threshing to another.

Changes may be made in the form of some of the parts whiletheir essential features are retained and the spirit of the 4invention embodied. Hence I do not desire to be limited to the precise form of all the parts asshown, reserving the right to vary therefrom.'

The separator is attached to and supported by that l.end of the traction-engine which rests upon the/teering-wh'eels, and there are several-important ad vantagcs incident to this arrangement, among which may be mentioncd' the following: Byahis arrangement it is ,possible to bring the two contiguous ends of the machines Very close to each other, as it is l ot necessary for an attendant to occupy a position between the two machines. The combined machine is thus reduced in length to a minimum, and at the same time the feeding mechanism for the separator is situated .at one extreme end of the machine, while thc fire-chamber of the traction-engine is at the other end thereof, so that the danger of -fire 'is reduced to a minimum. Another advantage incident to this arrangement is the better distribution of the weight upon the tractionengine, the separator being connectedl with its lighter end., 4 connected, it is possible to make a strong connecting-frame and unite it with the tractionengine without carrying the frame outside of or over the engineers platform and the traction-wheels of `the engine. These advantages are all incident to connecting the separator to the steering end of the traction-'engine rather than to the end which is suppoxggd upon the driving-wheels. p

Having thus described the intention, what I claim is- 1. In'a traction-separator, we combination of a separator or threshing machine, a traction-engine, a coupling-frame secured rigidly to each side of the frame of the separator or threshing machine and projecting beyond one end thereof,-.outside the planes of the rear wheels of the engine, and means for pivotally connecting the end ot' the couplingframe to the opposite sides ot' the tractionengne, the pit-etai connection lying between \Vhen the separator is thus the front and rear wheels of the engine, and v being on'a transverse horizontal axis at right angles to the combined machine, for the purpose set forth. v

2. In a traction-separator, the combination of a separator or threshing machine, a traction-engine in line therewith, a couplingframe secured rigidly to said separator, and a pivotal shaft supported tran'sverselyon the engine-and connected to the frame for sustaining the latter and the end of the separator which lies contiguous 'to the tractionengine, said pivotal shaft lying in a horizontal position and at right angles to the axis of the combined machines, whereby the contiguous ends of the engine and separator, or either` of them, may move freelyin a vertical plane, substantially as described.

3. In a traction-separator, the combination of a separator or thresher supported at one end by a pivoted wheeled axle, a traction-engine contiguous to said separator and having a Wheeled driving-axle, a coupling between said engine and separator, a single steering device on the engine, means connecting the pivoted axle of the separator with said steering device, another wheeled axle pivcted to the engine and connected operativelywith the front axle to move in unison therewith, and power devices .adapted to extend past said coupling,for driving the mechanism of the separator from said engine, substantially as described.

4. Inatraction-separator, the combination of a separator or threshersupported at its front end by apiv'oted wheeled axle, a traction-engine arranged contiguous to and in alinement with said separator, another too heeled axle pivoted to the traction-engine at a point contiguous to the in ner end of the separator,.a single steering device mounted on the engine, connections between the steering device and the pivoted axle of the separator, a joint having a transverse -axis unitp lng said engine and separator andholding them'in common vertical planes and leaving them free to movenin said planes, and independentconnections between the pivoted separator-axle and the pivoted traction-engine axle and arranged to move the two axles in rator or thresher, a traction-engine in line therewith, a saddle mounted firmly on the engine, ahorizontal shaft supported in the saddle and arranged beneath the engine, and a frame united iirmly to the separatorand sup-` ported loosely on the shaft, whereby thekf rame is connected pivotally to the engineon a horizontal axis lying at right angles to the combined machine, substantially as described.

7. Atraction-separatorconsisiingofaseparator or thresher supported at one end by al wheeled axle, a wheeled engine in line with and contiguous tothe separator or thresher, a longitudinal frame having its sills united rigidly to the separator or thresh'er, and provided with posts and braces which are likewise united to the separator and support th'e inner end thereof, a saddle arranged transversely on and secured rigidly to the engine, and a transverse shaft supported in the saddie and located between the front and rear wheels of the engine and pivotally supporting the end of the longitudinal frame, for the purpose set forth.

8. In a traction-separator, the combination of a separator supported at its front end by a wheeled axle, a traction-engine equipped with a driving-axle and with a pivoted steering-axle, a longitudinal frame connecting the traction-engine and the separator, and said frame supporting the inner end of the separator, asteering-shaft on the engine having operative connections with the axle ot` the separator,and independent connections from the separator-axle to the pivoted axle of the l engine, substantially as described.

9. In a traction-separator, the combination 4of a separator, a traction-engine, a coupling pivotally connecting the separator to the engine, the axis of said pivot lying in a horizontal plane and permittingv the contiguous ends of the engine and separator to move in a vertical plane, a driving-belt between the ily-wheel" of the traction -enginc and the threshing-cylinder, and a vertically-yieldable belt-tightener device acting on the drivingbelt at a point between thecylinder-shaft and thepivotal connectionof the .frame to the engine, said tightener device compensating for vibration or play in the driving-belt owing to the vertical movement on the pivotal connect-ion of the engine to the separator, or vice versa, snb'stan tially as described.

10. In a traction-separator, the combination of a'threshing-cylinder shaft, a driving-pulley itted theretoand havinga recessed hub, yieldable clutch -pawls arranged lo engage with the hub and to make the pulley fast withfthe sha-ft when the`pulley is driven in one direction, means forexpanding said pawls to engage with the pulley-hub, and an adjustable collar to release the clutch-pawls from the driving-pulley, substantially as described.

1l. The combination of a separat-or having threshing mechanism, a power-receiving device thereon for driving the said threshing. mechanism, a traction-engine having powergenerating devices and power-transmitting devices for driving said powerreceiving mechanism on the separator, a rigid longitndinally arranged Aconnecting frame connected to the separator andextending to lines beyond therear end thereof, and a trans- .verse horizontal hinge connecting therear free end of said frame-to the traction-engine and holding the engine and separator in the same longitudinal planes, substantially asset forth. v

l2. The combination of a threshing and ICC separating machinehaviuga frame, a housing I or casing and threshing and separating devices within the frame and housing,a traction` engine, a supplemental frame built around and rigidly secured to the casing and frame of the separator and of wider horizontal dimensions and extending to transverse lines in reartlier'e'of and in rear of the end of the traction-engine, and a horizontal transverse hingeiiiterposed between the rear end of the said supplemental connecting-frame and the traction-engine, said relatively 'widened supplemental connecting-frame beingn adapted to brace the separator and the traction-engine against torsional displacement, substantially as set forth.

13. In a traction-separator, the combination of a traction-exigirle provided Withtractionwheels at one end and 'a pair of steeringwheels at the other, a threshing and separating machine hinged to said traction-engine, -a pair of steering-wheels connected witli'the outer end of said thresher and separator, both pairs of steering-wheels being in front of the traction wheels, and operating mechanism connected with both said pairs of steeringwheels and adapted to cause both axes of the pairs of steering-wheels to converge toward the same point'in the line of the axis of the of a traction-engine'having apowcr driving 1 power therefrom, and a joint connecting the traction-whecls and at various distances from the traction-wheels corresponding to the an` gles of turning of the combined machines substantially as set forth.

14. Atraction-engine having front and rear wheels combined with a two-wheeled`snpport ingr base orframe pivotally connected to the said engine between its front and rear wheels, and lsteering devices bet-Ween the traction. engine and the wheels of the said base or frame, substantially as set forth.

15. A combined traction and separator frame formed of two parts united by a horizontal transverse pivot or hinge, a pair of traction-Wheels near one end of one portion, ofthe said frame, and a pair of steeringwheels near the other end of the said portion of the frame, the said pivot being between `said pairs of wheels, anotherl pairof steeringwheels forthe other portion of the frame, and steering devices vfor turning the said pairs of steeringfwheelssimultaneously,substantiall y as set forth.-

16. In a mechanism of the class described, the combination of a traction-engine having a pair of traction-wheels and a pair of'steering-wheels, a threshing and separating mech` anism having an elongated frame extending toward the traction-engine beyond the transverse vertical planes of the final straw-delivering devices, means for hinging the said frame and traction-engine ou a horizontal axis and holding them in Vertical planes fixed relatively to the engine, and ay pair of supporting-wheels under the-threshing and sep-A arating mechanism situated at the frontendthereof remote from the traction-engine, substantially as described, whereby said mechanism is overbalanced relatively to its front wheels and the weight thereof is transmitted from the said elongated frame to the traction mechanism uniformly at all` times, substantially as set forth.

17. In a traction-separator,the combination element, a separator having a driven element in relation to said driving element to receive engine and separator having a horizontal transverse axis holding the engine and separator in common longitudinal vertical planes and leaving them free to move relatively in said planes.

18. Ina tractionseparator,the combination of a traction-engine, a separator, a joint connecting the same, said joint having a horizontal transverse axis and holding the engine and separator in common longitudinal vert-ical planes, and leaving them to move freely'relatively to each other in said planes, a. sixwheeled base for said engine and separator' comprising steering and traction wheels supporting said engine and one member of said joint, steering-wheels supporting the other member of said joint and that end ofthe separator remote from said joint, and steering mechanism connecting the steering-wheeis of the separator with the steeringi-wheels of the engine.

19. Inatraction-separator,the combination Voi a traction-engine having traction and steering wheels and power-transmitting devices, and a'separator having steering-wheels near one end, apower-receiving mechanism held in fixed relation to the power-transmitting mechanism on the traction-engine, said engine and separator being arranged end to end with the steering-wheels of the separator relmote from the engine and the said tractionwheels remote from the separator, a joint connecting the engine and separator having a horizontal transverse axis, holding them in common longitudinal vertical planes and leas ingr them free to move relative to each other,` in said planes, and steering mechanism connecting the steering-wheels of the separator with the steering-wheels of the engine.

20. The combination of a threshing mechanism, having a belt-pulley, a snpportingframe for said mechanism, a power mechanism having a belt-pulley, a supporting-franie for the power mechanism, a transverse horizontal hinge-jointconnecting said frames between said mechanisms and adapted to maintain the latter in the 'same vertical longitudinal planes during movements of said frames on said joint, and a belt-tightener adapted to engage a belt when the latter is operating en said pulleys, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing myown I have hereto aiiixed mysignainr in the presence ot' two witness VICTO i Y. CL() U G li.

Witnesses:

GEO. E.. WA1TE. Il. V. FISHER. 

